Between the fact that they are our only routinely diurnal salamander, and their frequent visibility in the shallow waters of…
Ficaria verna is a beautiful early spring bloomer, its bright and shining yellow flowers, with a starburst of light green…
I was photographing Bryophytes in a friend’s courtyard when I saw this lady beetle on a patch of Homalothecium fulgescens…
It is always a happy day when I find my first blooming Oemleria cerasiformis of the year, because I know…
When I first saw this patch of moss, at Oxbow Regional Park along the Sandy River, during my weekly hike…
The other day, while waiting in her courtyard for a very nice, older client to put on her sweater, I…
A couple years ago, on one of my first moss walks, the leader pointed out a moss and said it…
There are a couple of reasons why I’m going to discuss the comedy of errors surrounding my identification of this…
I had to find this lichen 3 times before getting a positive identification on it. The first time I found…
This is a very common moss in the forests of our region, and a fairly recognizable one, once you’ve identified…